Big question marks now linger over three ATP players heading into Wimbledon this year

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With the conclusion of the French Open, the ATP Tour officially enters the grass season, with Wimbledon set to begin at the end of June.

It will be the first edition of the tournament since the retirement of British legend Andy Murray, who played his final match at the All England Club last year.

The 2024 champion Carlos Alcaraz will enter as one of the heavy favourites, along with world number one Jannik Sinner, whom he defeated in the Roland Garros final.

Novak Djokovic, meanwhile, will continue his pursuit of a record-25th Grand Slam title after suffering a near miss in Paris.

Some will enter South West London with momentum on their side, but there are three ATP stars struggling for consistency at the moment, who will look to hit the ground running at Wimbledon.

Holger Rune

It doesn’t seem like long ago that Holger Rune was poised to be the third man to make up this generation’s ‘big three’ with Alcaraz and Sinner, but that doesn’t seem to be the case in 2025.

While Rune has by no means fallen off, he hasn’t made the sort of headway on the biggest stages many anticipated he would.

The Dane hasn’t made it to the quarter-final of a Grand Slam since Wimbledon in 2023, where he lost to Alcaraz in straight sets.

Since then, he has had two first-round exits at the US Open, a second-round blunder at the Australian Open last year, and multiple fourth-round finishes.

Rune has tasted some success this year, having triumphed at the Barcelona Open, but continues to come up short at majors.

With the competition at the top of the ATP Tour as tough as it has been in years, Wimbledon will prove to be a big test for the world number nine.

Daniil Medvedev

It’s hard to pinpoint what exactly has happened to Daniil Medvedev, but the former world number one has really struggled this year.

In March, Medvedev dropped out of the top ten for the first time since 2023, and has suffered some shocking defeats, including a first-round upset to Cam Norrie at Roland Garros.

After losing in the second round of the Australian Open to Learner Tien, the Russian has made it to the semi-finals of just two tournaments this year.

This season, he has had his worst Grand Slam record since 2018, emulating his second and first round finishes from that year in Melbourne and Paris, respectively.

• Australian Open: Lost to Learner Tien in the second round 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6
• French Open: Lost to Cam Norrie in the first round 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 5-7

Medvedev recently discussed his current game, stating he is ‘not far from a great level’, but the 29-year-old’s self-assessment doesn’t stack up well with his 2025 results.

The two-time Wimbledon semi-finalist will need to match his final four appearance from last year at the championships to avoid dropping any more points.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t won more than two matches in a row since the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, and is currently 26th in the ATP rankings.

The former world number three has been outside the top ten for the majority of the last 12 months and has won just two titles since 2023.

He, like Rune and Medvedev, has also found it difficult at Grand Slams this year, crashing out in the first round of the Australian Open to Alex Michelsen and losing to Matteo Gigante at the French Open in round two.

Tsitsipas hired Djokovic’s former coach Goran Ivanisevic after his early exit in Paris, and will work with the former Wimbledon champion heading into the grass season.

Ivanisevic has proven to be a great coach, having mentored Marin Cilic during his US Open triumph in 2014 and led Djokovic to nine major titles between 2019 and 2024.

Only time will tell what he can do to get the Greek star back to his best, but it will have to be something special if the 26-year-old wishes to compete with Alcaraz and Sinner in the English capital.